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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Growing Muslim populations in Europe affect European security in a
variety of ways from changes in voting patterns and military
recruitment; to the proliferation of Islamist groups espousing goals
antithetical to Western values and interests; to the development of
no-go zones where traditional Islamic law, or Shari'a, is replacing
Western law; to Islamist attempts to influence and exploit European
policies toward conflicts in the Muslim world.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

The advance of the Islamic State in Syria and al-Sham (ISIS), currently
known as the Islamic State, has focused the international spotlight over
Syria and Iraq, as ISIS has taken control over huge swathes of the two
countries. Although Lebanon has managed to stay off the international
radar, instability and sectarianism leave the country equally vulnerable
to this growing threat in the region.

About the authorAli Hammad was born in 1971 and has Bahrainian citizenship. He has married a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation and has two juvenile children with her. He is currently imprisoned in the Zenica jail (BH), since 1997, because of a crime which he may or may not have committed. He had left secondary school, chemical and biological program, but omitted the final year for the grave situation which he was then experiencing. Then, he had continued to attend the unrecognized and forbidden Military Academy in Ossama bin Laden's training camp "Cooliet Javer el-Askhariye" in Afghanistan and finished it in BH from 1992 to 1995. He is former military officer in the counter-attack infantry in the terrorist network "Al-Qaida", and thereafter he resigned from it after the terrorist attack on September 11th. Now, he has become an active member of international counter-terrorist organization and participant in the campaign in the battle against international terrorism of any sort. He has forever taken off military uniform, and now he entertains regular trade activities, i. e. he plans to practice those activities after leaving the prison.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Only weeks after Sunni jihadists in Iraq declared the establishment
of an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Syria and Iraq, Libya’s Ansar
al-Shari’a movement has declared an Islamic emirate in eastern Libya
after driving government forces and their allies from the city of
Benghazi. The defeat of the strongest pro-government forces in eastern
Libya has provided the Islamists with an impressive victory, but Ansar
al-Shari’a and its allies are still struggling to obtain the support of
Benghazi’s urban population and the powerful tribes dwelling in its
hinterland.

Sunday, August 24, 2014

The chilling video showing the apparent murder of the journalist
James Foley by the Islamic State has reinforced the terrible risks
involved in the brave and important role that journalists play in
reporting from overseas conflicts. In a 2012 interview
with the BBC, Foley said: “I’m drawn to the drama of the conflict and
trying to expose untold stories.” However, as we know from recent
accounts, many other foreigners are also drawn to the conflict in Iraq
and Syria and indeed it appears that Foley’s murderer was British.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Jihadism expert says Sunni Muslims from the UK do everything from suicide bombings to executions in Syria and Iraq conflicts

British extremists are among the "most vicious and vociferous fighters" in Islamic State (Isis) ranks in Syria and Iraq, a jihadism expert has said.
Sunni
Muslims from the UK are taking part in the conflicts "in every way",
according to Shiraz Maher from King's College London's International
Centre for the Study of Radicalisation.
That includes acting as
suicide bombers and executioners, he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme
on Wednesday after a video purporting to show a US journalist being
beheaded by an Isis fighter with a British accent was placed online.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Over the past decade, contraband tobacco sales and facilitation of transnational tobacco smuggling in Greece have flourished, due to a combination of factors. Although not considered as a particularly ‘sexy’ sector of organized crime, compared to narcotics or arms dealing, tobacco smuggling still represents a threat to state security, in that it empowers organized crime rings engaged in multi-level activities, and drains the state coffers of considerable tax revenue.Originally appeared on Balkanlysis, 11th of August 2014

Monday, August 18, 2014

Proof continues to mount that Qatar supports Hamas, Al-Qaeda affiliates, the Muslim Brotherhood
and contributes to the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq. Yet, its
prized status as a U.S. “ally” exempts it from being held accountable.
The U.S. needs to call a spade a spade and label Qatar as a State
Sponsor of Terrorism.

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

"They were trying to kill us... because we were Christians." — Teenage girl from Homs, Syria.
There have been house-to-house searches in Mali for Christians who
might be in hiding, and people tortured into revealing Christian
relatives. At least one pastor was beheaded.
It is to the media's shame that those who slaughter, behead, crucify
and displace people for no other reason than that they are Christian
rarely get media coverage, while Israel, which kills only in the context
of trying to defend itself from rocket attacks and terrorism, and not
out of religious bigotry, is constantly demonized.
Paying jizya [special poll tax for non-Muslims] is not only about money. It is about subjugation.

American allies, especially Qatar and Turkey, have been providing
material support to Hamas, which the United States has listed as a
foreign terrorist organization. This support includes financial,
diplomatic, media and even the provision of weapons that deliberately
target Israeli civilians from behind Palestinian civilians who are used
as human shields. It also includes harboring war criminals, especially
leaders of Hamas, who direct their followers from the safety of Doha.
Without the support of Qatar and Turkey, Hamas would never have started
this bloody war that has caused so much human suffering.

Monday, August 4, 2014

Rather than recognizing and
naming the Wahhabi radicalism that inspires ISIS, governments and the
media across the globe have blamed the ISIS eruption on local Iraqi
politics and described it as a product of nebulous "Sunnism."
Yet Sunni theologians in the Ottoman Empire and India denounced
Wahhabism as a form of apostasy for its accusations that Sunni Sufi
Muslims are allegedly "apostates." Paradoxically, that is, the accusers
of apostasy were declared to be apostates.